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An Account of the Destruction of the British Armed Sloop "Liberty" at Newport, Rhode Island, 1769.

Publication date: 1769

Topics: Packwood, Joseph., Reid, William., Liberty (sloop)., Edes and Gill., Customs administration -- Rhode Island -- 1769., Marine protests -- Rhode Island -- Newport -- 1769., Riots -- Rhode Island -- Newport -- 1769., Mobs -- Rhode Island -- Newport -- 1769., United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Causes., Great Britain -- Colonies -- Administration., Newport (R.I.) -- History -- 1769., Boston Gazette.

Collection: redwoodlibrary; JCBRedwood; JohnCarterBrownLibrary; americana

Contributor: Redwood Library and Athenaeum

Language: English

Item Size: 18.6M

Manuscript ; [4] p., [5] p.; 31 cm.

Anonymous manuscript letter written to Misters Edes and Gill, printers of the Boston Gazette and dated Newport July 21st, 1769. At head of letter: "Please to insert the following in your next Gazette and you'll oblige." The letter was not published in the Boston Gazette.

Cite as: An Account of the Destruction of the British armed Sloop "Liberty" at Newport, Rhode Island, 1769. RLC.Ms.Bound.0017. Redwood Library and Athenaeum.

Gift of Roderick Terry, Jr., 1937.